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Teamwork is what got a group from Vance-Granville Community College onto the track at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway — not only the teamwork demonstrated by students and faculty from curriculum programs at the college, but also by a team of sponsors from the community who supported them. For the first time, VGCC sent a […]
Troy Glover of Youngsville recently made history at Vance-Granville Community College, when he became the first person to take the Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) exam at the college’s Franklin County Campus. According to VGCC Medical Assisting instructor Patrice Allen, the college has been working for the past several years to become an approved testing site […]
Vance County Schools For Immediate Release June 2, 2017 Vance County Schools officials distributed Nook electronic reading devices to students at Clarke and E.O. Young elementary schools on June 1, as part of district’s Summer Reading Program. The students can now download books onto the reading devices and read throughout the summer. There were […]
HENDERSON, N.C. (June 2, 2017) — Written and directed by regional Playwright Charley-John Smith, That Long Tobacco Road is making its way back to the stage after first being presented by the Louisburg (N.C.) College Players in 2001. Performed by local actors from Vance, Granville, Franklin and Wake counties, the 2017 musical will debut on the stage of McGregor […]
Vance County Schools For Immediate Release June 2, 2017 The Vance Medical Academy at Southern Vance High School held its annual Nurse Aide Pinning Ceremony on June 1, in the school’s gymnasium. Melodie Kernahan, a registered nurse and the instructor for the Vance Medical Academy students, led the recognitions. A total of 19 nursing aide […]
Vance-Granville Community College’s 33rd annual Endowment Fund Golf Tournament, presented by Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, hit a new record total by raising $116,675 to help fund scholarships for deserving students and support the mission of the college. That result surpassed the $104,160 generated in 2016, in what was previously the highest-grossing golf tournament in […]
Vance County Schools For Immediate Release June 1, 2017 Vance County Schools supports Project Child Find, an effort coordinated by our schools and the Exceptional Children Division of the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. Project Child Find is designed to locate and identify children and youth ages birth through 21 with disabilities who are in […]
Vance County Schools For Immediate Release June 1, 2017 The Student Council of E. M. Rollins Elementary, under the direction of Antoinette Ball, a teacher and Student Council adviser, spearheaded a year-long service project which raised over $3,000. The proceeds were donated to Rise Against Hunger, a non-profit humanitarian relief organization headquartered in Raleigh. The […]
On May 30, 2017, personnel from the Henderson Fire Department, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and ATF conducted an origin and cause examination of the fire scene located at 601 Wakefield Ave Henderson NC. Based upon the scene examination and witness interviews, it was determined that the fire originated in the Roll Goods Warehouse […]
Eleven cadets graduated on May 16 from the Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program at Vance-Granville Community College, in a ceremony held in the Civic Center on Main Campus. After passing the state certification exam, all are authorized to work in any law enforcement agency in North Carolina. Graduates of VGCC’s 104th BLET class included […]
